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[quote=Anonymous]NP. I just want expand on this. Growing up, OP had to be strong and deal with anything, whereas her parents were fragile and she had to walk on eggshells around them. This similar to other dysfunctional family dynamics where the child has to act like the adult, e.g. an alcoholic parent.
I'm sure OP will be a better mother to her children then her own mother was. But very likely her children will not be as strong or as stoic as OP. This may lead to resentment or even anger when they are acting spoiled, like when your 3 year old throws a tantrum because the spaghetti was not made the right way even though that's how you made it last time. Or when your tween yells at you that 'you're so mean'. They don't understand how lucky they are and what a charmed childhood they have compared to your own and maybe they should get a taste of the medicine you got as a child.[/quote]

Wait a minute.  OP's own mother probably had it pretty bad growing up.  But that doesn't justify her behavior toward OP.  So why should OP perpetuate that?[/quote]

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